Method and apparatus for use in presenting information relating to each of a plurality of hyperlinks

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EP 0 817 107 A3

(12)	EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88)	Date of publication A3:
	03.02.1999 Bulletin 1999/05

(43)	Date of publication A2:
	07.01.1998 Bulletin 1998/02

(21)	Application number: 97304706.1

(22)	Date of filing: 30.06.1997

(51)	International Patent Classification (IPC)⁶: G06F 17/30

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	AT BE CH DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE
	Designated Extension States:
	AL LT LV RO SI

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Priority:

01.07.1996 US 674049

(71)	Applicant: SUN MICROSYSTEMS, INC.
	Mountain View, CA 94043 (US)

(72)	Inventor:
	Nielsen, Jakob Atherton, California 94027 (US)

(74)	Representative: W.P. Thompson & Co.
	Coopers Building, Church Street Liverpool L1 3AB Liverpool L1 3AB (GB)

(54)	Method and apparatus for use in presenting information relating to each of a plurality of hyperlinks

(57) Apparatus, methods, systems and computer program products are disclosed to provide a hypertext user with a history facility for displaying accessed hypernodes. The invention displays the history list to the user based on when the hypernode was accessed and based on the placement of the hypernode in the hyperlink hierarchy.

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